December
5th. 6-8PM TC District Library. Evening of celebration
with a Middle Eastern theme.
In time for the
holidays, “Just
Party” gave participants a taste of Middle
Eastern food, culture, arts, and music. Palestinian
embroidery, olive oil, and wood carvings was available
for sale, and entertainment featured belly dancing
and the art of henna, a temporary tattooing of
the skin. Tea and appetizers will also be
served—just as visitors to any typical home
in the Middle East would be offered in hospitality.
Monday
Oct. 3, 2005
"The
Doctor, the Depleted Uranium and the Dying Children"
German documentary exposes current radioactive
warfare in Iraq: Website
MONDAY OCTOBER
3, 2005 -- 7:00 PM
TRAVERSE AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY
FREE/DONATIONS WELCOME
"The Doctor, the Depleted
Uranium, and the Dying Children" an award
winning documentary film produced for German television
by Freider Wagner and Valentin Thurn exposes the
use and impact of radioactive weapons during the
current war against Iraq. The story is told by
citizens of many nations and opens with comments
by two British veterans describing their exposure
to radioactive, so-called ‘depleted’ uranium
(DU), weapons and the congenital abnormalities
of their children. The grisly realities of the
cancer ward provide an appropriate alarm that could
help to stop the use of these weapons.
September
16, 2005
Forum/Potluck: MidEast:
JustPeace 2005 Film/Forum Series Continues with
an UPDATE ON PALESTINE Presentation
by Phyllis Bennis
On Friday, September 16, 2005,
MidEast: JustPeace presented Washington, D.C.-based
writer, political analyst and activist Phyllis
Bennis. Ms. Bennis spoke on the current situation
in Palestine and Israel: the significance of the
Gaza pullout by Israel, the ongoing construction
of the Dividing Wall, the continuing confiscation
of Palestinian land, the relation of this struggle
to Iraq and Afghanistan, and the role of the United
States.
Phyllis Bennis is a fellow at
the Institute
for Policy Studies (Washington, D.C.) and the
Transnational Institute (Amsterdam). Her work with
the New Internationalism Project at IPS focuses
on the Middle East, the drive toward U.S. empire
in that region, and the potential role of the UN
as part of a new internationalism and the global
resistance to empire. She is the author of several
books and pamphlets on the Middle East and the
UN and is a co-founder of the U.S. Campaign to
End Israeli Occupation.
The event was co-sponsored by
Friends of Sabeel North America.
Aug
1, 2005
Guantanamo
Dichotomy: On the Inside Looking Out/ On the
Outside Looking In
Free/Donations WelcomeOn Monday
August 1, 2005 MidEast:JustPeace hosts Washington
based attorney A. Katherine Toomey for a discussion
on the Guatanamo Detainees. Ms. Toomey's law firm
along with the Center for Constitutional Rights
has sued Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on
behalf of former Guantanamo detainees for torture
and other human rights abuses.
The law suit,
the first of its kind, was filed in October of
2004 on behalf of four British citizens held
at the Guantánamo
Bay detention center for nearly three years. They
were released in the spring of 2004. The men, Shafiq
Rasul, Asif Iqbal, Rhuhel Ahmed and Jamal Al-Harith
seek damages for torture and other human rights
violations stemming from their arbitrary detention
on the island prison camp until March 2003.
The lawsuit
is for damages directly against Secretary of
Defense Rumsfeld, Air Force General Richard Myers,
Army Major General Geoffrey Miller, Army Major
General Michael E. Dunleavey and other current
and former officials responsible for Guantánamo for violations of international
law, constitutional protections and the Religious
Freedom Restoration Act, a US statute that substantially
restricts the US's governments ability to take
actions that impair the free exercise of a person's
religion. Rasul was the lead plaintiff in the landmark
US Supreme Court case Rasul v. Bush in which the
Court held that those held on Guantánamo
had a right to judicial review of their detentions.
Ms. Toomey
intends her presentation to "capture the limbo in which the GTMO detainees
are caught. They are incarcerated "on the
inside looking out" and yet the position of
the US Justice Department is that they have no
legal rights and the Courts should not intervene.
Thus, with respect to the US legal system, they
are very much "on the outside looking in."
Ms. Toomey's presentation will
begin at 7PM at the Traverse Area District Library.
It is open to the public. There is no charge, but
donations are welcome.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Synopsis of Rasul v. Bush:
The Guantánamo
Detainees Case Decided by the Supreme Court HERE
Baach Robinson & Lewis And
The Center For Constitutional Rights Sue Rumsfeld
And Chain of Command on Behalf of Released British
Detainees for Torture and Arbitrary Detention at
Guantánamo HERE
All the Recent Related Lawsuits
Explained HERE
Statements of Detainees in Afghanistan
and Guantanamo Bay HERE
IndyFlix@
Kejara’s: Tuesday, July 19, 2005
‘We
Interrupt this Empire’
"This
a a clear picture of what's left of an American
conscience in the midst of this national horror-show--this
is the best damn doc I've seen on the local face
of what might have been the largest anti-war
movement in world history."
-- Craig Baldwin Filmaker, Spectres
of the Spectrum / Curator, Other Cinema.
Bruce
Gagnon, Director
for the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear
Power in Space
presented during the week of July
at numerous Northern Michigan venues. MidEast Just
Peace co-sponsored the events. he spoke to the
dangers the planet faces in our pursuit of controlling
space, and what we can do to promote peace.
“Star Wars” is
more than a movie; more than a myth! The
U.S. government intends to control space for
military and economic purposes by the year 2020.
Since 1983 $92 billion has been spent on space
weapons research, with another $58 billion planned
for the next six years.
Other Sponsors: Interfaith Peace
and Justice Network of NW Michigan, Oryana, T.B.W.
Greens, Mideast Just Peace,
Swords Into Plowshares, Episcopal Peace Fellowship,
Little Traverse League for Peace and Freedom, Neahtawanta
Center, Sierra Club, Gallery II, Ware Farms
INDYFLIX....A
RADICALLY IRREVERENT-SOLSTICE-AlmostFullMoon
FUNDRAISER
(to pay for our
new projection equipment)
KEJARA'S BRIDGE
COFFEEHOUSE LAKE LEELANAU
TUESDAY JUNE 21 2005 6P: A Kejara's-Best
Veg Lasagna Supper AND Featuring: ta daaaaaaa!
...random irreverent
radical poetry
...other surprisingly entertaining goings on
...some dreaded obnoxious characters
Film:
The dividing Wall & Walking the Path Jesus
Walked
THE DIVIDING WALL: Meet families
and farmers whose lives have been devastated by
Israel's separation wall. Be inspired by Israelis
and Palestinians who are working for a future of
bridges instead of walls. Explore the humanitarian,
social and political impact of the Israeli-built
wall.
WALKING THE PATH JESUS WALKED:
The Middle East has given birth to three major
religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. In
this film, Christians from Egypt, Palestine, and
Syria talk about their lives, their faith communities
and their perseverance.
MONDAY June 6,
2005 7:00PM
Demonstration/Picnic:
TRAVERSE
CITY MEMORIAL DAY BLACK RIBBONS DEMONSTRATION
The Traverse Area Peace and Justice
Community will host a Memorial Day commemoration,
demonstration to remember all that have been killed
and/or injured in the War on Iraq on Monday, May
30, 2005 from 12 noon until 1:00 PM on the Grandview
Parkway at Division St. in Traverse City. The public
is invited to stand and hold a 1/2 mile long rope
tied with black ribbons creating a visual image
of all the casualties of the current war.
A peace picnic potluck will follow
at West Bay Beach from 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM. Kabob
Pita sandwiches will be sold by Mideast: Just Peace
for $3. All proceeds from the sandwich sale will
go to Iraqi families in need.
Speaker:
Cliff Kindy
Is the US Public Trying
to Pretend the Occupation and War are Not Continuing?
A Series of Presentations
by Cliff Kindy were held on Sunday,
May 1 • Noon Grace Episcopal Church, 341
Washington St, Traverse City, MI & Sunday,
May 1 •
6:00 PM St. Michael’s Church - 315 Broadway
Suttons Bay, MI & Monday, May 2 • 7:00pmTraverse
Area District Library
Cliff Kindy of the Christian
Peacemaker Teams came to Traverse City after six
month in Iraq. His accounts shed light on the war
and occupation.
Visit the Cliff
Kindy Iraq Blog This blog will contain letters
from Cliff Kindy's third Iraq trip.
IndyFlix@
Kejara’s: Tuesday May
17, 2005
A
Patriot Act: It’s not just Money. It’s
not just Oil. It’s Much Worse.
A
Patriot Act (80 minutes), featuring Mark Crispin
Miller, renowned media critic, is a chilling
indictment of the stealth movement within the
administration to subvert the US Constitution
and replace American democracy with religious
values. If you care about
the constitution, you may be shocked to learn how
successfully the Bush administratiton has been
at undermining it.
And you will be even more horrified at what they
have planned for America’s future.
A
Patriot Nation and Good Films production of a
New York Theatre Workshop production. Written
and peformed by Mark Crispin Miller and Steve
Cuiffo. Produced and directed by Lilibet Foster.........www.patriotnation.us
Workshop:
A
Conscientious Objector Education Workshop
May 12
5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
The workshop is intended for
persons of all faiths and persuasions who are interested
in exploring the moral, ethical, and religious
principles of nonviolent opposition to war.
Information on establishing CO
status for persons of draft age, including individuals
who have enlisted but who have not been inducted,
and for current military personnel and their families,
will be provided.
For more information, call David
at 929.8133, Terri at 228.6030 or Kathi at 929.3563
Concert:
David Rovics Concert
This talented and inspiring
activist-musician played for around 50 people on
Wednesday, April 13, at the Friends Church at 5th
and Oak St.
Proceeds will benefited the local
peace organization Mideast Just Peace which co-sponsored
the event with the Neahtawanta Center. David Rovics
began as a solo artist, singing at open mikes,
in the subways, streets and cafes of Boston, San
Francisco and Seattle, while working as a barista,
a prep cook, a secretary, a word processing drone,
and other depressing occupations. He was exposed
to musicians such as Utah Phillips, Phil Ochs,
Jim Page, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and Adam Benjamin
in his formative years as a musician and songwriter.
Since the
mid-90’s, he
has been spending most of his time on tour, playing
concerts around the US, Canada and various countries
in Europe. Topics he sings about include: Afghanistan.
Central America, ecology, depleted uranium, the
draft, global Justice/corporate globalization,
sprawl, war, labor, resistance of all kinds, the
Middle East conflict, and more.
Film:
"Eyewitness
to War, Witness to Peace"
by Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness
MONDAY APRIL 4, 2005 7:00 PM
, TRAVERSE AREA DISTRICT LIBRARY
In this 65 minute tape of a March 19, 2005 presentation
Kathy Kelly describes her first-hand experience
of the devastation and suffering of Iraqis due
to the current U.S. war. Kathy Kelly is a
cofounder of the Chicago-based group Voices in
the Wilderness. (Read her Biography here: Biography
of Kathy Kelly
Ms. Kelly has traveled
to Iraq on more than 25 occasions. With other Voices
in the Wilderness delegates, Ms. Kelly spent the
entirety of “Shock and Awe” in Baghdad.
Free/Donations Welcome
News Article about Kathy Kelly, here:Press
Action Hero of the Week
Action:
Demonstration Against Two Years of War on Iraq:
100,000 PLUS Dead!
U.S. Out of Iraq!
Enough is Enough!
The members of Mideast: Just Peace
were a part of a demonstration of nearly 200 people
who braved a snow blizzard to stand along the Grand
Traverse Bay in opposition to the U.S. role in
Iraq. For description and images go to: March
19th Demonstration.
Film:
In Honor of INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
"WOMEN
IN STRUGGLE"
by Filmmaker Buthina Canaan Khoury
MONDAY MARCH 7 -- 7:00 PM -- TRAVERSE AREA
DISTRICT LIBRARY
Buthina Canaan Khoury's documentary
film Women in Struggle is about four Palestinian
women who are ex-political detainees.
The film features women who came out of their regular
roles as sisters, mothers and wives and became
involved in the Palestinian national struggle for
independence.
They discuss the effects and influence their activism
and imprisonment have on their present life and
their future outlook. No Charge/Donations Always
Welcome
56 minute Film in Arabic with subtitles http://www.womeninstruggle.com/
Indyflix@Kejara's " The
Fourth World War"
The Fourth World War The Fourth
World War (2004, 76 minutes.). Shot on the ground
on five continents, this poetic and heart-pounding
film tells the story of resistance and revolution
in places where the mainstream media cannot go,
and have not gone; the story of global movements
against empire, from Iraq, Palestine, South Africa,
Argentina, Chiapas, Korea, Quebec, Italy and New
York City. It is the untold story of men and women
who resist being annihilated in the current global
conflict.
The product of over two years of filming, The Fourth
World War is a new kind of film for a new kind
of world. The intensity and immediacy of its images
are beyond anything the mainstream media can shoot,
the intimacy and passion of its stories are beyond
anything it can feel. Directed by New York-based
Big Noise Films and narrated by Tony award winner
Suheir Hammad and singer Michael Franti of Spearhead,
it is a radical story of hope and human connection
in the face of a war that shatters and divides
. . .
"The Fourth World War
is a daring, courageous, and heart-pounding intervention
against empire. A remarkable, inspiring, cinematic
achievement that completely reprograms the vectors
of politically engaged documentary."
--Patricia R. Zimmerman, author, States of Emergency:
Documentaries, Wars and Democracies
"Inspirational. Essential. It documents the
history of the future before it is born." -
Peter Wintonick, POV Magazine
Dance
for Democracy:
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 12 6pm-Midnight
UAW LOCAL 21 HALL 703 ROSE ST Traverse City 6pm-9pm
ACTIVIST FAIR & RALLY with *SPECIAL GUEST POLITICAL
ACTION SPEAKERS PROGRESSIVE AND ACTIVIST REPRESENTATIVES
FROM: The G.T. County Democratic Party Michigan
Land Use Institute Mideast Just Peace Neahtawanta
Research & Education Center/NORML PETA/Planned
Parenthood/Proletarian Threads SEEDS/The Sierra
Club/Sweetwater Alliance Thirdeye Magazine Traverse
Bay Watershed Greens/Traverse For Women We Are
Traverse City and more
A MIDEAST JUST FEAST Middle Eastern cuisine
provided By Mideast Just Peace
ANARCHIST ART SHOW & SILENT AUCTION 9pm-Midnight
TRIBAL STOMP
(a smoke-free dance till you drop!) Alternative
World-Beat dance mix ADMISSION $20 at the door
Proceeds go to support Iraqi families in need,
Democracy Now! on tctv2 and local activism For
more info: fearnoarts@hotmail.com (231) 995-0682
Film: ARLINGTON
WEST
Monday -- February 7 -- 7:00 PM-- Traverse Area
District Library
FREE/DONATIONS WELCOME
or more information: http://www.arlingtonwestfilm.com/
The film, Arlington West , allows us to witness
the poignant conversations, dramatic revelations,
silences, personal experience, and share the tears
with those who are paying one of the highest prices
for war.
A full array of opinions and sentiments are presented
in this revealing 56 minute documentary. Sixty-four
interviews, with soldiers and Marines enroute to
and returning from the war in Iraq, plus interviews
with military families, make up this moving documentary
by longtime activist-artists Sally Marr and Peter
Dudar.
action: “INAUGURATION
THEATER AND A CHARADE OF A PARADE" Thurs.
Jan. 20 @ 12pm in TRAVERSE CITY
By THE CITIZENS' INAUGURAL CELEBRATORY
COMMITTEE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF MORAL VALUES
for images and report, click here: Inaugural
Protest
IndyFlix@Kejara’s: ZAPATISTA!
Tuesday, January 11, 2005 Kejara’s Bridge
Coffeehouse, Lake Leelanau
ZAPATISTA!
is narrated by Daryl Hannah, Mumia Abu Jamal,
Geronimo Pratt Music from Rage Against the Machine,
Neil Young & Crazy
Horse and Silvio Rodriguez ‘Zapatista!’ is
the story of the Mayan people in Chiapas, Mexico
whose global movement has transformed both the
International and Mexican political landscape and
helped define the indigenous rights struggle the
world over. On January 1st, 1994, the day NAFTA
went into effect, a group of Mayan people mostly
armed with sticks and words led an uprising throughout
Chiapas, Mexico demanding equal rights for indigenous
people and the most basic of human needs: shelter,
education, and healthcare. ‘Zapatista!’’
tells the story of the people who raised their
voice to demand basic human rights; telling the
world that life should be valued more than the
global marketplace. Higher
Grounds presented
Film:The
Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror
